THE head of French Friends of
Israel's Likud Party admitted staging anti-Semitic
phone calls to himself.

Alex Moise received a two-month suspended
sentence and a $1,000 fine from a Paris court
Thursday for giving a false statement and for
wasting the court's time. Moise filed a complaint
in January
[2004]
claiming he had received anti-Semitic phone calls
and threats but later admitted that he himself had
made the calls.

Describing Moise as a "friend and a serious
worker for the community," Sammy Ghozlan, president
of the Bureau For Vigilance Against Anti-Semitism,
told JTA he is "shocked that a community leader
would do something like this in the current
climate."